The 37th Asian Finance Association
Annual Conference

June 26-28, 2025 (Thu-Sat), NCCU, Taiwan

Call for Papers

The Asian Finance Association (AsianFA) welcomes submissions of finance research papers for its 2025 Annual Conference. The conference is scheduled to be held in Taipei from June 26th to June 28th, 2025.

The conference is organized by the Asian Finance Association and co-organized by the National Chengchi University. The conference provides an open platform for finance scholars worldwide to present their recent research and exchange ideas on new developments in finance research. The majority of the sessions will include papers selected through open competition. The papers will be reviewed by a committee of established researchers.

Topics

The theme of the conference is on Sustainable Finance and New Trends in Financial Research. Papers in all areas of finance are welcome, including asset pricing, behavioral finance, corporate finance, emerging capital markets, financial institutions, fintech, international finance, market microstructure, etc. Accepted papers are eligible for various categories of best paper awards.

Keynote Speakers

Clemens Sialm

Professor and Department Chair of Finance,
University of Texas at Austin

Jaewon Choi

Professor of Finance, Department of Economics,
Seoul National University

Conference Venue

Center for Public and Business Administration Education (CPBAE) Address: 187 Jinhua Street, Da’an District, Taipei City, Taiwan 106 Banquet venue: Diamond Tony's at Taipei 101 (the 85th floor)

Doctoral Consortium

We will arrange special sessions specifically for doctoral students. PhD students are invited to present their papers at the consortium, which will be led by prominent scholars. Special awards will be given for excellent papers presented in the doctoral consortium.

Best Paper Awards

The conference will offer best paper awards. The awards will be decided by an Award Committee.
These awards include:

Three (3) AsianFA Best Paper Awards, sponsored by Asian Finance Association (USD 1,000 each)

One (1) PBFJ Best Paper Award, sponsored by Pacific-Basin Finance Journal (USD 1,000)

One (1) IRF Best Paper Award, sponsored by International Review of Finance (USD 1,000)

Seven (7) NCCU Best Paper Awards (USD1,000 each)

  • Two (2) sponsored by College of Commerce
  • Two (2) for Sustainability Research, sponsored by Center for Business Sustainability
  • One (1) for International Research, sponsored by College of Global Banking and Finance
  • Two (2) for Doctoral Consortium, sponsored by Center for Business Sustainability and College of Commerce

    • Conference Special Issues

    • Pacific Basin Finance Journal (PBFJ) Special Issue
    • International Review of Finance (IRF) Special Issue
    • Asian Review of Financial Research (ARFR) Special Issue